WHO: @winniekarofsky and trace hummel-anderson.
WHEN: fall break, midday.
WHERE: wmhs, stage.
THANKS TO A VERY DEDICATED STEVIE BECKETT, trace alongside the members of the drama club and a few others found themselves at school over the break rehearsing for the half-production of rocky horror that they would be putting on at the halloween carnival. he was used to being in attendance for a performance with the warblers and the warblers only, so this was definitely a change. had he been asked a year ago, no, he wouldn’t have anticipated playing brad majors in a mckinley production of rocky horror.
he didn’t mind working a little, but after running over at the frankenstein place about seven times, the break they were given was much needed. maybe it was irresponsible, but he was tense, not performing his best, fumbling over lyrics and lines like a fool. he was sure if he could smoke just a little, he’d find himself focused and back on his game. looking around at the others, he quickly ruled out poppy, stevie, and his brother. he was sure beck, leo, or benji would be down, but something about the bleached blonde standing just a couple of feet away from him caught trace’s eye. it’d be…interesting to see how she’d respond. waltzing over to winnie, he started their exchange by kicking playfully at her foot. they’d never directly spoken, but he knew who she was. just because she had a reputation for being kind of tapped didn’t mean he wasn’t gonna mess with her the same as he did everyone else, “karofsky…” he started, grinning in her direction, “wanna take a smoke break with me?”
Winnie’s idea of a perfect fall break wasn’t staying at the high school for a week, but surprisingly even the Tweevil herself had dreams. That dream being that Winnie wanted to legitimately act one day. She didn’t want to go to NYADA or end up on Broadway but she wanted to share her talent, make a decent penny, and have her name everywhere. Isn’t that what everyone wanted? To be known? And that’s how she found herself stuck as Columbia, begging the drama club advisor to not make her wear that god-awful candy apple red Party City wig, and wondering how that snot-nosed JV transfer ended up playing Janet. No doubt because her and Janet still had their cherries intact, but Winnie was a goddamn veteran in this club and somehow two lousy transfers got the leads? That didn’t fly by with her and she knew it was a constant punishment because she was a constant complainer. She had better talent than Stevie, Joey, Julien or any other of those twink performers had in their entire pinkies combined. Whatever, it was all a learning experience, but could she not get one win? Once they had been released for their break, she was ready to make a beeline for the younger Hummel-Anderson to taunt him about his new haircut but she was instead approached by the elder before she could even get a step over to Joey. “Like... weed? Because I don’t damage my throat with nicotine,” the blonde started, furrowing her eyebrows. “Wait,” she stepped closer. “Is this an innuendo for sex? Because I like, don’t fuck during practice. Don’t get me wrong, you’re hot for a total loser, but even I have standards.”